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Medical - Insurance / insurance | | German term or phrase: Beihilfestelle | | part of the health insurance network--a local provider or representative of the insurer? |
| | | office dealing with medical treatment subsidies (for civil servants) | Explanation:
All German civil servants have to be privately insured. Depending on their job/rank, they get Beihilfe from the federal state they work for (e.g. Bavaria). For example, a civil servant gets 50% Beihilfe, the other 50% must be insured privately. When the bill comes in from the doctor, the private insurance covers 50% and the Beihilfe the other 50% - the bill is duplicated, one is sent to the insurance while the other goes to the ..... Beihilfestelle. Beihilfe is not insurance in the true sense, it just pays for a part of medical treatment for civil servants.
HTH
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Note added at 2002-07-22 07:37:25 (GMT)
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P.S. my husband is a civil servant! |
| Selected response from:
  Gillian Scheibelein
Local time: 10:30
| Grading comment Thanks for the very thorough and convincing explanation!
The context of my document suggests that the 50% coverage for civil servants is what is meant. So I'm translating it as: "federal benefits agencies."
Thanks again for the super answer! (a 6 in my book if Proz would give me that option).
Ferrel
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Explanation:
All German civil servants have to be privately insured. Depending on their job/rank, they get Beihilfe from the federal state they work for (e.g. Bavaria). For example, a civil servant gets 50% Beihilfe, the other 50% must be insured privately. When the bill comes in from the doctor, the private insurance covers 50% and the Beihilfe the other 50% - the bill is duplicated, one is sent to the insurance while the other goes to the ..... Beihilfestelle. Beihilfe is not insurance in the true sense, it just pays for a part of medical treatment for civil servants.
HTH
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Note added at 2002-07-22 07:37:25 (GMT)
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P.S. my husband is a civil servant!
| | | Grading comment Thanks for the very thorough and convincing explanation!
The context of my document suggests that the 50% coverage for civil servants is what is meant. So I'm translating it as: "federal benefits agencies."
Thanks again for the super answer! (a 6 in my book if Proz would give me that option).
Ferrel |
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